Date: November 25  – 29  November (5 days), 2019

Location: Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Course leaders: Prof. dr. Cees van der Vleuten, Dr. Carlos F. Collares & Prof. Adrian Freeman

Target group: Beginners and intermediate level

Objectives: 

The objective of this training is to provide a comprehensive panorama of theoretical and practical aspects of assessment in healthcare professions education for teachers who have a beginner or intermediate level of knowledge and experience in the field.

The course focuses on both quantitative and qualitative approaches to assessment as it was designed to cover the entire Miller’s pyramid model of competence, from cognitive assessment (e.g. progress testing), passing through the assessment of skills (e.g. OSCEs), up to the behavioral and attitudinal aspects targeted in workplace-based assessment. To wrap up, the course also explains how programmatic assessment can be used as a strategy to maximize the impact of assessment on learning.

Topics that will be covered during this training:

Price: € 1200,-, including five days training by experts, coffee/tea/drinks during the day, lunch, and a dinner during one of the evenings.

Summary of the course programme (their might become any changes in the programme): 

Day 1 – Evidence-based principles of assessment & blueprinting

Day 2 – Item writing/reviewing & standard setting

Day 3 – Progress Testing & OSCEs

Day 4 – Classical test theory and generalizability theory, item response theory

Day 5 – Work-based assessment & programmatic assessment

Detailled programme

Travel and accommodation

Read here a few testimonials from participants of this training in 2018